When I ran for Congress in 1993-94, I was determined
to tell the truth about social security to all citizens in my district
regardless of how they voted. Immediately, my advisers told me that I
was insane to invite a galactic "poop" storm by attacking the "sacred
cow" of politics. My response was, bunk! The people of this nation deserve
the truth and I was going to give it to them.

However, in order to keep the seniors from throwing
their AARP cards at me during a debate or speech, I prefaced each presentation
on the subject by telling the audience that, if elected, I would not be
going to Washington, DC to introduce legislation that would put them on
a steady diet of Purina dog chow.

My intent was to inform them as to how this Ponzi
scheme is so mathematically flawed, it can't be saved and it certainly
can't be "fixed." There is, however, a fair and equitable solution to
this monstrous problem that has become nothing more than every politician's
favorite campaign issue, election after election with never a solution
in sight. It is truly reprehensible how politicians over the past six
decades have used social security to scare "old people" for a vote.

Social security is a tax

Few people either remember this little fact or simply
have no idea how the system even works, they have simply followed orders
all their life and "contributed." Social security is a tax, a voluntary
tax. No one is required under any law to obtain a social security number.
If that were the case, the government would automatically issue everyone
a number. Think about it.

(a) Requirement. The tax imposed by section 3101
shall be collected by the employer of the taxpayer, by deducting the
amount of the tax from the wages as and when paid....

Notice that the word insurance does not appear
in the body of the written text. We jump from the word "insurance" in
the title to the word "tax" and the law itself. The word "tax" appears
within the sentence structure of the body of the law and not "insurance."
This has legal import. Section 7806 of the IR Code explains it quite plainly:

IR Code 7806. Construction of Title

(a) Cross References. The cross references
in this title to other portions of the title, or other provisions of the
law, where the word "see" is used, are made only for convenience and shall
be given no legal effect.

(B) Arrangement and Classification. No inference,
implication, or presumption of legislative construction shall be drawn
or made by reason of the location or grouping of any particular section
of provision or portion of this title, nor shall any table of contents,
table of cross references, or similar outline, analysis, or descriptive
matter relating to the contents of this title shall be given any legal
effect.

Because the word "insurance" appears with the table
of contents and the table of contents is "descriptive matter" used as
an "outline," the word "insurance" has "no legal effect." In other words,
no words in the table of contents have any force of law. The word which
does have legal effect is "tax" because it is used within the body of
the law itself; therefore, it has the full force of law. Legally, the
word "insurance" does not apply, means nothing, to the chapter of the
Code entitled "Federal Insurance Contributions Act."

No one is required to obtain an SSN

If you wish to ask someone from the government about
this fact, let me demonstrate how you will be lied to by the same person.
Look at this response from SSA in a letter to Mr. Scott McDonald dated
March 18, 1998 from Charles Mullen, Associate Commissioner, Office of
Public Inquiries, Social Security Administration:

"The Social Security Act does not require
a person to have a Social Security Number (SSN) to live and work
in the United States, nor does it require an SSN simply for the
purpose of having one. However, if someone works without an SSN, we cannot
properly credit the earnings for the work performed."

Now, it would appear from even a basic understanding
of the English language that what Mr. Mullen said is this: No one is required
to have an SSN to either live or work in the United States. If that person
does not have this number but does work, no social security taxes would
be taken out of their paycheck and there would be no credit ledger entry
made in their name for taxes paid.

One would think this is quite plain and clear. However,
let's look at another letter from the same Charles Mullen about one month
earlier (February 24, 1998) addressed to me:

"People cannot voluntarily end their participation
in the program [SS]. The payment of social security taxes is mandatory,
regardless of the citizenship or place of residence of either the employer
or the employee. Unless specifically exempted by law, everyone working
in the United States is required to pay Social Security taxes."

Now, I ask you: If obtaining an SSN is voluntary,
how is it that this tax then becomes mandatory? Since when is it legal
to force any American to join a voluntary "insurance" plan that is in
reality nothing but another tax - especially when an individual must apply
for a number that puts them into this taxing system?

An even bigger question: Am I even eligible to obtain
this number? This is a very important legal question that seldom is raised
about Title 42, the so-called "The Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability
Insurance Benefits Program." After a thorough review of Section 405, it
would appear there are only certain classifications of individuals who
are legally eligible to apply. To be specific, see:

42 U.S.C. Section 405(c)(2)(B):

"(B)(i) In carrying out the Commissioner's duties
under subparagraph (A) and subparagraph (F), the Commissioner of Social
Security shall take affirmative measures to assure that social
security account numbers will, to the maximum extent practicable, be
assigned to all members of appropriate groups or categories of individuals
by assigning such numbers (or ascertaining that such numbers have already
been assigned);

"(I) to aliens at the time of their lawful
admission to the United States either for permanent residence or under
other authority of law permitting them to engage in employment in the
United States and to other aliens at such time as their status is so changed
as to make it lawful for them to engage in such employment;

"(II) to any individual who is an applicant
for or recipient of benefits under any program financed in whole or in
part from Federal funds including any child on whose behalf such benefits
are claimed by another person; and

"(III) to any other individual when it appears that
he could have been but was not assigned an account number under the provisions
of sub clauses (I) or (II) but only after such investigation as is necessary
to establish to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Social Security,
the identity of such individual, the fact that an account number has not
already been assigned to such individual, and the fact that such individual
is a citizen or a noncitizen who is not, because of his alien status,
prohibited from engaging in employment; and, in carrying out such duties,
the Commissioner of Social Security is authorized to take affirmative
measures to assure the issuance of social security numbers;

"(IV) to or on behalf of children who are below
school age at the request of their parents or guardians; and

"(V) to children of school age at the time of their
first enrollment in school." We find more government lie-speak and the
obligation or duty to apply for and obtain a Social Security card or number
at 20 C.F.R., section 422.103 (2002):

"(b) Applying for a number. (1) Form SS-5. An individual
needing a social security number may apply for one by filing
a signed Form SS-5, 'Application for a Social Security Card,' at any social
security office and submitting the required evidence...

"(2) Birth Registration Document. The Social Security
Administration (SSA) may enter into an agreement with officials of a state...to
establish, as part of the official birth registration process, a procedure
to assist SSA in assigning social security numbers to newborn children.
Where an agreement is in effect, a parent, as part of the official birth
registration process, need not complete a Form SS-5 and may request that
SSA assign a social security number to the newborn child.

Another (2): "(2) Request on birth registration
document. Where a parent has requested a social security number
for a newborn child as part of an official birth registration process
described in paragraph (b)(2) of this section, the State vital statistics
office will electronically transmit the request to SSA's central
office....Using this information, SSA will assign a number to the child
and send the social security number card to the child at the mother's
address."

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Today, parents are being forced at hospitals all
across this country to fill out documentation to obtain an SSN for their
baby before they are "allowed" to take their newborn home. What an outrage!

Every American has the right to be fully informed
of the law and the consequences of entering into any agreement that binds
them to a government program. Forcing a newborn, incapable of understanding
anything other than life giving functions such as food and a clean diaper,
or a teenager to enter into a supposedly lifetime voluntary taxing program
for which they have no understanding, is reprehensible and flies in the
face of all the principles of freedom and free choice that this nation
was founded upon. For part 2 click below.

Devvy Kidd authored
the booklets, Why
A Bankrupt America and Blind Loyalty;
2,000,000 copies. Devvy appears on radio shows all over the country, ran
for Congress and is a highly sought after public speaker. Devvy belongs
to no organization.

She left the Republican
Party in 1996 and has been an independent voter ever since. Devvy isn't
left, right or in the middle; she is a constitutionalist who believes
in the supreme law of the land, not some political party. Her web site
(www.devvy.com) contains a tremendous
amount of information, solutions and a vast Reading Room.